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Here is a story showing my progress in learning "Taste and See" – from my initial slow, choppy guitar exploration (first YouTube video), to my basement studio recording and mixdown using Paul's excellent, flowing piano track (second YouTube video), to our presentation at Mass on 2nd Sunday of Lent (audio file attachment at end of story). You can also download a piano soundtrack MP3 file and sing along or make your own recording (which I encourage you to share with us).
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Psalm 33: Lord, Let Your Mercy Be on Us for 2nd Sunday of Lent, by Gabby Banzon
Based on Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
Gabby is featured this week at SundayPsalm.com. Here is her psalm arrangement for the 2nd Sunday of Lent. Check her out at https://www.gabbybanzon.com/
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An email blast sent to me by Michael Corsini.
Sundays with the Artist
NEW MUSIC FOR YOUR LENTEN PRAYER
Some pretty intimate prayer time in these new videos... definitely a late night, and the only time I have to write or create art these days!
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An email blast sent to me by Michael Corsini.
Sundays with the Artist
NEW MUSIC FOR YOUR LENTEN PRAYER
Some pretty intimate prayer time in these new videos... definitely a late night, and the only time I have to write or create art these days!
Get "Sundays with the Artist" every week in your inbox by subscribing to my email list: www....
I received a notice from GIA Publications, Inc. – TCS editor Richard Schletty
The GIA Fall Institute, October 12–14, 2017
Celebrating 75 years of encouraging musical excellence in the church and classroom.
With our history firmly grounded in the education of musicians, in this, our seventy-fifth Anniversary year, GIA is going back to its roots. Our Fall Institute is a conference in celebration of our mission to aid in the formation of fine musicians.
The conference will offer an assortment of skill building and enrichment workshops on subjects like choral rehearsal techniques, conducting...
Details here: St. James Music Press $10 Anthem Program
Here are two $10 anthems for the week. You may download these without becoming a subscriber. If you choose to use one or both, the cost is $10 (per-anthem please...) Just send them a check. Then make whatever copies you need and put it in your library.
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Can You Count the Stars? - Robert J. Powell
Unison Children's Choir and keyboard. Bright, cheerful, and fun. Easily learned with...
Psalm 51 for 1st Sunday of Lent, Cycle A, by James Perkins
Based on Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17
This is James' first time writing for SundayPsalm.com. Please give him some love for this great psalm arrangement for the 1st Sunday of Lent. Check him out at http://jamesperkins.webstarts.com/
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Please visit:
http://www.musicministryalive.com
Download PDF of MMA flyer here.
Music Ministry Alive! is an annual five-day summer institute held at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, for youth and adult leaders who have a passion for liturgical music and the desire to serve as ministers in their parishes and schools. This experience is open to any young person entering their 10th, 11th, or 12th...
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Thursday, February 23 - Sunday, February 26, 2017
Click here to watch live streamed events!
Going to the Congress? Make sure to stop by the GIA booth in the exhibit hall!
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Today's spotlight album is Adoration by Ken Whisler. The performances of these traditional Sacred, Gospel and Worship songs are particularly striking in Classical guitar artistry. They help center your mind and soul. Ken, a brilliant musician and part-time luthier, recorded these beautiful pieces at St. James Catholic Church in midtown Kansas City. – Richard Schletty, TCS editor
Ken's website: www....
Praise and Thanksgiving. Text: Albert F. Bayly. Tune: BUNESSAN.
Praise and thanksgiving
Father we offer
For all things living
You have made good
Harvest of sown fields
Fruits of the orchard
Hay from the mown fields
Blossom and wood
BUNESSAN is a Gaelic tune that was first published (melody only) in Lachlan Macbean's Songs and Hymns of the Gael (1888) as a setting for Mary Macdonald's carol "Child in the Manger." The tune is named after Macdonald's birthplace on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. BUNESSAN is also well known as the setting for Eleanor...
Responsorial Psalm for 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A. Text: Verses, The Revised Grail Psalms, © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.; refrain, Lectionary for Mass, © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. Music: Michel Guimont, verses © 2011, refrain © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc.
R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!
R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!
A message I received from St. James Music Press:
St. James Music Press is now featuring two "top-selling" anthems each week that you may download without becoming a subscriber. If you choose to use one or both, the cost is $10 (per anthem). Just send a check by mail to St. James Music Press. Then make whatever copies you need and put it in your library. Yes, it's the honor system. They trust you.
Details here: ...
You will enjoy listening to these dramatic and spirited "readings" (demo performances) of music written by composer Sandro Fazzolari. The recordings feature members of Teatro Alla Scala (La Scala): Principals Sandro Laffranchini (1st Cellist) and Mario Marzi (1st Saxophonist). Sandro Fazzolari at piano.
My friend, composer and arranger André van Haren, does engraving work for Sandro for his instrument learning books for students of all ages.
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National Catholic Youth Choir Camp website
- Fun, Faith, Fantastic Music
- Sing with choristers from across the nation
- Sing for famous composers!
- Sing in the Basilica, Saint John's Abbey and more!
Train with Conductor André Heywood at the beautiful Saint John's Abbey & University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
What if the music at our parishes was as moving and powerful as the Mass deserves? The David Initiative is a collaboration between many organizations/artists that dream of seeing this question answered. We know that in order to see this hope become a reality, we need to invest in a new generation of music ministers.
Enter your Catholic parish in this competition to win music equipment or a year of liturgical music mentorship. Details at www.davidinitiative.com...
This article was first published February 5, 2017, at Corpus Christi Watershed
What: Sacred Music Symposium
When: June 26-30, 2017
Where: St. Therese Church, Alhambra, CA, and San Fernando Mission Church in Mission Hills, CA.
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, ...
This story was first published at the "Franciscanized World" blog of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. Please visit https://franciscanizedworld.fscc-calledtobe.org
Franciscan Lourdes Hymn: Song of Bernadette by Jennifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen
by SISTER JULIE ANN on FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Some songs are timeless. Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are pleased to feature once again the...
A Catholic convert reflects on his unique expression of his faith. This is my friend, Chris Engelmann, who is a dedicated and faith-filled street minister. Chris writes:
"When I came into St. Mark's in 1986, first time I attended Mass here it was very quiet and peaceful, I pulled out my harmonica, and I realized it was a wonderful way for me to pray... and this is especially meaningful to me. I see it as a wonderful message, for people in recovery people from all walks of life who are seeking some type of help and direction from God in their life. I believe that is God's grace. Grace is wonderfully defined actual grace in our...
I am a #Catholic #Folk #SingerSongwriter inspired by Jesus' Teaching in the Gospel of Matthew 10:42 to give "a cup of cold water" to the least of the brethren for the brethren's sake. Following this Teaching, I have composed an Album: A Cup of Cold Water to give away for free to anyone who wants to hear it. As a part of this mission I have joined Top Catholic Songs to make...